Tom O’Hara is an Associate of The Coaching Project, Inc. where he delivers innovative Leader Coach® training and individual and team coaching.

Tom has been coaching leaders since 1985. He focuses his coaching practice on building trust, awareness and a future orientation with each client. Tom is a registered psychologist. He has been certified as a coach by the Centre for Creative Leadership.

Between his Masters and Doctorate degrees in psychology Tom taught 3 years in the psychology department at the University of Manitoba; spent nine months as a research assistant at UNECE in Geneva; and taught 2 years in the School of Human Kinetics at the University of Ottawa.

Since completing his doctorate, Tom has had a practice in Clinical, Corporate and Sport Psychology in Ottawa and Toronto. Tom has prepared individual and team athletes for six Olympiads and fifteen World Championships.

Latest News

After a long absence, I am writing with the purpose of providing some context for the changes in me and the world around me that have led to this gap. The Coaching Project has transitioned to new interests and priorities over the past couple of years, reflecting my own transitions in life.

Just as TCP was a pioneer in the field of Leaders Coaching Leaders, we are setting out again to explore the role of leadership and coaching in the

In our coaching and training we have consistently used our three-stage process as shown in the model below. Each stage answers a question: What’s So? So What? What’s Next? I have used these questions to reflect on my recent experience and to give a sense of completion to this chapter in The Coaching Project’s history.

What’s So?

I often say retirement is harder than it looks. I have been working on it for half a dozen years. I began

I recently interviewed Arden Henley, Principal of Canadian Programs at City University, about CityU’s decision to partner with The Coaching Project on coach education. His insights mirror and expand on the results of the ICF study.

Why does CityU see a coaching program as an important addition to its roster of programs?

We see our role as building leadership capacity in the community. Coaching plays an increasingly important role in leadership and we want to respond to that need.

Events

Our 14th What Wants to Happen? retreat will be held in Nashville TN in the Spring of 2017. Stay tuned for upcoming information on dates and themes.

Our two 2015 retreats in Phoenix AZ and Vancouver BC with the theme of Coming Home to Spirit provided participants with 5 days of co-created connection, reflection, dialogue and action planning for living into our highest evolutionary consciousness.

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